CVE-2012-5978

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-12-19 11:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 21:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-11-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1ac8c3a2ce304b74574e78c0cccc593c52ac161cad1a0bd3b517e73608b67295

• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0017.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1027875http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027875vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:17049https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17049vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL